The North Park neighborhood of Buffalo is about 8km north of downtown Buffalo, and was one of the last neighborhoods to be developed in the city, primarily between 1890 and 1930, with a pause until filling out after World War 2. The primary housing is "Buffalo Double" which are 2-story homes with similar apartments on each floor. In addition, the homes typically have full basements and attics, many of which have been converted to additional apartments or living space, and the height of these homes can often reach 10 to 15 meters height above street level. There are also numerous apartment buildings and single family homes. The area has recently become very popular, and home prices and have more than doubled in just the last few years.

The photos are from a (very) early weekend morning, primarily the area near one of the main business strips along Hertel Avenue, approximately 4 sq km. The neighborhood extends well beyond this area, and all of the areas not shown are similar to these representative images.

Nice pictures! This is one area of Buffalo that I have never explored, which is strange because my mom's family all lives in the Town of Tonawanda, right over the city limits. You captured some interesting buildings in the neighborhood. I'll have to check out the rowhouses; it will remind me of home!

North Buffalo was predominately a Jewish neighborhood from its creation until the late 1960s when many people of Italian descent arrived, primarily moving from the West Side, to create a new "Little Italy" neighborhood. Thru the 1970s there were 5 active synagogues in the neighborhood, along with a Hebrew school and many merchants catering to the Jewish residents.

Just on this one street, within 4 short blocks mixed in with single and double-family homes, there were 2 synagogues, 4 delicatessen/grocers, and several other businesses (kosher butcher, printer, hair salon, game room, etc). Today, no grocers remain, one synagogue was replaced with apartments, another is a Christian church, and several businesses were converted to apartments.IMG_0948 by bpawlik, on Flickr

Multiple-occupant homes, apartment buildings, mixed-use apartments/shops, and even apartment rows are mixed in among single and double-family homes throughout the neighborhood.IMG_0949 by bpawlik, on Flickr

Like much of the city, there are numerous churches and church buildings that fell vacant or underused as the church going population fell, and many have been or are being converted to other uses as commercial or residential properties.IMG_1022 by bpawlik, on Flickr

In the 1980s, with the decline of heavy industry in Buffalo and the neighborhood, many industrial sites and railroad right-of-ways were vacated, and today many have been filled with suburban-type retail centers, and recently new market-rate home construction is slowly filling the vacant land. A new hike and bike trail was also recently opened connecting to the far northern suburbs.100_0699.JPG by bpawlik, on Flickr

By the 1950s, the city had essentially been "built-out" with little available land for development. Where possible, homes and apartments filled land all the way up to the city line, often densely built.

The cleanup of brownfields in the last several years has finally freed up city land for other uses after decades of abandonment. Former railroad lines and easements have been developed or are in the process of redevelopment.

Along with many other sections of the city, there has been significant development and redevelopment of former industrial buildings in North Buffalo, some of which had been vacant or underused for decades.

The 34 acre former Pierce-Arrow Motorcar factory is adjacent to the Belt Line, and is in the midst of multiple redevelopment activities on its buildings and adjacent land.

Delaware Park, built by Frederick Law Olmsted (the same designer as Central Park in NYC). The area near the Rose Garden includes sledding along Shakespeare Hill, the Marcy Casino overlooking Park Lake, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, and the Historical Society building, which is the remaining permanent building from the Pan American Exposition of 1901.
IMG_20181208_124641602 by bpawlik, on Flickr

Just west of Delaware Park is the H.H. Richardson Complex, formerly the NY State Hospital for the Insane, and now contains the Hotel Henry in its main building and 2 of the adjacent wings.
IMG_20181208_134221_092 by bpawlik, on Flickr